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  • 22/04/2025 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    22 Apr 2025 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

    Two day report aboard Sea Urchin…. With the forecast giving fairly light SE winds with a small neap tide on Monday, we opted to run North and try a couple of wrecks. As we ran to the first wreck, I couldn’t help noticing that the conditions were not as I expected. There was a bit of breeze and when we reached our destination, the first drift gave a couple of small Codling, but the lines were streaming.

    We tried three different wrecks and caught nothing other than an odd Pouting. I’m still not sure if it was the fact there were no fish on the wrecks, or the streaming lines that made the fishing so poor. A change of plan was needed!

    We ran out to the five mile ground for a couple of drifts and caught one small Haddock. I was now getting fed up with the lack of sport, so we pushed straight out to the nine mile ground and spent the remainder of the day drifting that. There were plenty of bites out there, but the average stamp of fish was small, with the majority chucked back (although they were probably in size, as 35cm is ridiculously small for keeping a Codling). It was far from the day I hoped to deliver for the lads.

    Today was a better weather day, with the forecast being more accurate. Very light SW winds greeted us as we ran south to try a few wrecks. First stop at 12 miles saw a steady 45 minutes fishing. With a few fish each drift of mainly Codling, I was optimistic for what the rest of the day might hold. We ran on another five miles to the next wreck and bang, we caught next to nothing!

    The water was as clear as I’ve seen it anywhere this year and you could see the fish come up from a long way down. We tried another two wrecks for the same result and I then admitted defeat and we started to nose our way back home, stopping on a few wrecks on the way.

    We gathered a few fish here and there and Gary Rowstron caught the first Mackerel of the year. Other than that, it was another disappointing day. The anglers have been fantastic, which makes me more annoyed when things don’t go to plan.

    I make no secret of the fact that I don’t like Spring fishing, you can be zero or hero every day. I’ve been zero the last two days….sorry boys.

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    Mon 29/09/2025
    1 Space Available Wrecking Trip - 4.51m Alan - x 6 Bod - x 1 Ben Cope - x 2
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    Sat 01/11/2025
    2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.68m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dmitrijs Lobanovs - x 1 Greg Ince - x 1 Tom Allen - x 2 Chris Ibbotson - x 1
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    Tue 04/11/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Dave & Del - x 2 Ian Scrivens - x 1 Andy Lammas - x 1 Dave Fowls - x 1
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    Sun 09/11/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.60m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Jamie Ping - x 1 Jason Shields - x 1 Liam Dawson - x 4
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    Tue 11/11/2025
    6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.93m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1 John Cross - x 1
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    Wed 12/11/2025
    4 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.66m Peter Burton - x 1 John Cross - x 1 Steve Mason - x 1 Annie - x 3
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    Thu 13/11/2025
    6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.54m Dave & Del - x 2 John Cross - x 1 John Weetman - x 1
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    Fri 14/11/2025
    6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.58m John Cross - x 1 Steve Mason - x 1 John Atkinson - x 2
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    Sun 16/11/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.96m Arthur French - x 3 John Cross - x 1
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    Mon 17/11/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.09m Arthur French - x 3 Sam Robinson - x 1 John Cross - x 1
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